American actor who played Jedda, one of the Genesis scientists working with Carol Marcus on space station Regula I, in the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
John Vargas is an American character actor whose Star Trek role is Jedda, a member of Doctor Carol Marcus's Project Genesis team in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
Jedda is one of the few scientists who escapes Khan's raid on Regula I by beaming into the Genesis cave inside the planetoid with Carol and David Marcus. When Captain Terrell and Chekov, still under the control of Khan's Ceti eels, reveal themselves, Jedda rushes forward and is vaporised by Terrell's phaser.
Vargas went on to a long career of supporting parts in film and television, including the films Zoot Suit and Primary Colors.